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Revisions sought by Islamic scholars were barely noticeable to the public, but intellectuals see them as government accommodation of a larger shift toward radical Islam. DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s Education Ministry was preparing to print the 2017 editions of its standard Bengali textbooks when a group of conservative Islamic religious …

Torn between their hunger for freedom and fear of radical Islam, Syria’s ancient minority Christians do not know whether to support the protesters or Bashar al-Assad’s regime. DAMASCUS – “What does the future hold for us, Christians,” Randa Khoury wonders aloud. For the last 6 months, she’s been glued to …

Since late March, when the United States – along with several of its NATO allies — decided to become militarily involved in internal Libyan political affairs, our government has spent more than $1.0 billion trying to remove strongman Muammar Qaddafi from power. Although Libya remains in turmoil, it appears the …

Pastor Terry Jones is a homophobic used furniture salesman who has become famous solely through the use of controversy. The 59-year-old runs the Dove World Outreach Centre in Gainsville, Florida, whose congregation numbers just a few dozen. The church is based in a 20-acre compound where Jones lives with his …

It is always an education to watch our American writhings from overseas. It is particularly excrutiating watching the Republican Party presidential candidates who, on a daily basis, pronounce some ignorant racist or irreligious twaddle…which–amazingly enough–manages to be heard around the world. As Crowley notes below, today’s example primo is Newt, …